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cific order. Yet these cells do not see the human body from the
outside or know how much it needs to grow or what stage it has
reached. These unconscious cells produce the growth hormone,

within the darkness of the body, without knowing what it is
that they are doing. Furthermore, they also halt production at
the appropriate time.
All of these intricate details about the growth hormone and
all of these interconnected balances indicate a single truth: God

created humanity at a specific time and in a flawless manner. In
fact, God reveals the superior nature of His creation in the fol-
lowing verse:

He is God—the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him
belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens
and Earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
(Qur’an, 59:24)

Super Regulators: Enzymes
No one can count the number of processes carried out in
living things in a single second. They are so detailed that every

stage requires the intervention of “super regulators” that can
control all of the complexity involved, provide the order in
which they take place, and accelerate events. Each of the thou-

sands of super regulators, known as enzymes, serves a specific
purpose, such as helping DNA to replicate itself, breaking
down foodstuffs, creating energy from food, bringing about
molecular chains from simple molecules, and so on. They also
maintain the order within a living being’s body.

Enzymes are produced by the mitochondria located within